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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Sripriya P. Vasudevan, Issaquah, WA (US);
David J. Rasmussen, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Sripriya P. Vasudevan, Issaquah, WA (US);
David J. Rasmussen, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Mode switching may be provided. A selection of a non-native mode for a first input device may be received having a native mode. Then the use of the first input device may be enabled in the selected non-native mode. Next, a switch may be detected from the first input device to a second input device and then a switch back to the first input device may be detected. The use of the first input device may be enabled in the native mode in response to detecting the switch back to the first input device.